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Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova of Canada, center, wearing Wonder Woman costume poses with Thai children in elephant and tiger costumes on the occasion of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES, in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, March 3, 2013. How to slow the slaughter and curb the trade in "blood ivory" will be among the most critical issues up for debate at the 177-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES, that gets under way Sunday in Bangkok. And the meeting's host, Thailand, will be under particular pressure to take action. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)